No. 7 Sub

After a little wandering around my blog, I realized that I’ve been seriously remiss in my infamous wandering&eating tours, done with friends where we just pick 3-5 places and walk around the city, eating one type of food (dumplings, hand pulled noodles, cheesesteaks [ok that’s a different city and involved driving], fried chicken, cupcakes, … I’m sure there are more that I’m just forgetting…). There’s a lot of sharing usually, because it’s simply not reasonable to eat at 5 different places without some sharing… it’s just not.

In any case, I decided to remedy this quickly with a practice tour with Dessert Zombie – sandwiches!!! Actually, he picked both places. I happily agreed and we started at No. 7 Sub.

He chose the No. 7 club, the namesake sandwich. This was really good – with potato chips in it! – along with turkey, ham, jalapeno mayo, tomatoes, barbecue potato chips, and pico de lettuce. Despite being a rather large sandwich, there was enough moisture to make it a good, hefty bite… and I liked the very slight kick in each bite. The crunch from the chips was also a great counterpoint to the overall sandwich… I REALLY enjoyed my half of this sandwich.

I chose the Godfather II. Funny story? I asked the guy “Is the Godfather II the best one?” and he immediately said yes, of course, and I said “funny, I’ve only ever heard that Godfather III is terrible, but never heard anyone say II is better than I” – and he said oh… he thought I was talking about the sandwich! Apparently it’s named II because there is already a sandwich out there called the Godfather – actually, there are a LOT of sandwiches called the Godfather, and I’ve eaten a good handful of them…

In any case, this one had sweet potato, salami, Mexican chorizo, ham, muenster, pickled jalapenos and Thai basil. Yep – that giant slice of orange in the cross section photo above? it’s sweet potato. Neither Dessert Zombie nor I are particularly fond of sweet potato, so I was pretty taken aback by just how much there was. I will say that it added an interesting texture and a little sweetness to the otherwise salty-spicy sandwich, and while the overall taste of the sandwich was good… it didn’t hold a candle to the club, in both our opinions. Good – but not great. I wished the Mexican chorizo had a little more pop to it; it was fairly muted.

Each sandwich clocked in at $13 + tax, which is also a bit ridiculous. Was it a lot of food – and quality ingredients? Yes. But I would not go out of my way to return – though I wouldn’t turn it down if someone wanted to go there. There are definitely other sandwiches on the menu I want to try…